Randolf Orton

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Randolf Orton
Person Randolf Orton
Title
First name Randolf
Middle name(s)
Last name Orton
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Occupation Shipwright
Secondary shorebased occupation
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Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
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Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Randolphus Orton
Has signoff text Randolf Orton
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Language skills English language
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Res street Shadwell
Res parish Stepney
Res town
Res county Middlesex
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1612
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/63 f.297v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Jul 4 1650
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Has infobox completed Yes
Has synthesis completed No
Has HCA evidence completed No
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Ship classification
Type of ship Shore based trade
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Randolf Orton (alt. Randolphus Orton) (b. ca. 1612; d. ?). Shipwright ("naupegus").

Described himself as "a ship carpenter by profession".

Resident in 1650 in Shadwell in the parish of Stepney.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-eight year old Randolf Orton deposed on July 4th 1650 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examinate on a libel in the case of XXX.

The case concerned damage to the ship the Phillip, which had been hauled up on Dicks shore. There it had come to rest partially on the anchor stock of another ship, the Saint Jacob (Master: Hance Claeson).

Randolf Orton stated that he was asked by the master of the Saint Jacob to come along and inspect the damage to the ship the Phillip.[2]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/63 f.297v
  2. HCA 13/63 f.297v